Sacred Sperm《精‧神》
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
The 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival Screening
Screening: 8:45pm
*There will be a Q & A with Director Ori Gruder
Sacred Sperm《精‧神》
Directed By Ori Gruder (a.k.a. Or Yashar)
74 mins | Israel | 2014 | Documentary | Hebrew with English subtitles
This eye-opening documentary explores the hidden concept of ‘sacred sperm’ within the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, through the personal journey of the director Ori Gruder. We follow Gruder’s attempts to fully understand one of Judaism’s most difficult and important prohibitions – for men to avoid spilling their sperm – and his struggles to explain to his teenage son why he should keep this commandment, perceived by many as unreasonable and impossible to fulfil. Sacred Sperm highlights how we are all vulnerable in some way, as we watch Gruder, who became Orthodox as an adult, ask himself, “Am I worthy of teaching my son?”
電影探討哈西迪猶太教對精子的重要理解。該教認為純潔的新生命是誕生於「神聖的精子」,任何體外射精均視為謀殺。導演奧利‧哥魯德展示他的生命歷程,他嘗試透徹地理解該教教義對射精的詮釋,如何才能培育兒子有正確的信仰。電影涉及敏感題材和問題,探討信仰者所面對的困難,以及他們如何實踐真實的和諧社區。電影也刻劃出人類共同擁有的價值:我們從哥鲁德的視角,既為哈西迪猶太教的成人,反問他自身-「我是否具備教導自己兒子的價值呢? 」
AWARDS:
Winner Award of Excellence, The Accolade Global Film Competition, December 2014
REVIEWS:
“It is a delicate subject which has been taboo since biblical times, but now an Israeli documentary has broken new ground …” – The Guardian
Festival Inquiries
Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Tel:(852) 2103 9511
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Event Details
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty